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Commission eases rules on asset-backed securities in break from international standards

The gap between the amount the UK imports and the amount it exports narrowed in August, the latest official figures show.

The boss of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, apologises for remarks he made advising women not to ask for a pay rise but to have "faith in the system".

Tunisia has issued a USD 825 million bond on the domestic Japanese market, guaranteed by the state-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Tunisia's central bank said.

The West is bombing terror group ISIS in Syria and Iraq, while Russia is engaged in a brittle stand-off in Eastern Ukraine. Bloodshed has dominated headlines but, amid the misery, there is a winner: The defense industry.

Washington presses to close the deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership